How America’s “Most Powerful Lobby” Is Stifling Efforts to Reform #OilWell Cleanup in State After State
"Secretive drafting processes and millions of dollars of industry lobbying serve to weaken or kill [cleanup] proposals in state after state.
In some, including OK and UT, lawmakers propose bills only after oil trade groups approve the language. Even when given a seat at the table, like in New Mexico, the industry has turned against reform efforts."
https://www.propublica.org/article/oil-industry-lobbying-unplugged-wells
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